Clem. Alex. Lib. Strom. 7. p. 841.
Quomodo ergo in bello non est ordo deserendus quem dedit imperator militi, ita nec est deserendus ordo quem dedit nobis verbum, quem ac∣cepimus principem ac ducem cognitionis & vitae.
I may prove this by others, but Tertull. whose Authority is que∣stioned by none, speaking to this exceeding pertinently, I propose again, as in his Book Adversus Marcion.
Et oportuerit uti{que} prius alium Deum exponi, postea ejus disciplinam induci; quia Deus auctoritatem praestet disciplinae, non Deo disciplina.
This I suppose proves sufficiently, That in the Church no Disci∣pline ought to be set up, but what Christ in the Gospel hath com∣manded.
The second thing to be considered, is, The Ministery without the Church, erected by Christ in the world to fit for the Church.
1. The Books of Arnobius, Lactantius, Justin Martyr, called Serm. ad Gentes, prove it.